diff --git a/base/range.jl b/base/range.jl
index ec3f0cdfb3d45..7bb366c7127ae 100644
--- a/base/range.jl
+++ b/base/range.jl
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ function steprange_last_empty(start::Integer, step, stop)
     end
     last
 end
-# For types where x+oneunit(x) may not be well-defined
-steprange_last_empty(start, step, stop) = start - step
+# For types where x+oneunit(x) may not be well-defined use the user-given value for stop
+steprange_last_empty(start, step, stop) = stop
 
 StepRange{T}(start, step::S, stop) where {T,S} = StepRange{T,S}(start, step, stop)
 StepRange(start::T, step::S, stop::T) where {T,S} = StepRange{T,S}(start, step, stop)
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ function checked_length(r::OrdinalRange{T}) where T
     # s != 0, by construction, but avoids the division error later
     start = first(r)
     if s == zero(s) || isempty(r)
-        return Integer(start - start + zero(s))
+        return Integer(div(start - start, oneunit(s)))
     end
     stop = last(r)
     if isless(s, zero(s))
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ function length(r::OrdinalRange{T}) where T
     # s != 0, by construction, but avoids the division error later
     start = first(r)
     if s == zero(s) || isempty(r)
-        return Integer(div(start-start, oneunit(s)))
+        return Integer(div(start - start, oneunit(s)))
     end
     stop = last(r)
     if isless(s, zero(s))
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ first(r::OneTo{T}) where {T} = oneunit(T)
 first(r::StepRangeLen) = unsafe_getindex(r, 1)
 first(r::LinRange) = r.start
 
-last(r::OrdinalRange{T}) where {T} = convert(T, r.stop)
+last(r::OrdinalRange{T}) where {T} = convert(T, r.stop) # via steprange_last
 last(r::StepRangeLen) = unsafe_getindex(r, length(r))
 last(r::LinRange) = r.stop
 
diff --git a/test/ranges.jl b/test/ranges.jl
index 557277eebee93..cd8de442b8b2d 100644
--- a/test/ranges.jl
+++ b/test/ranges.jl
@@ -2210,3 +2210,13 @@ end
     @test iszero(length(Fix42528(0x1):Fix42528(0x0)))
     @test_throws DomainError Fix42528(0x0) - Fix42528(0x1)
 end
+
+let r = Ptr{Cvoid}(20):-UInt(2):Ptr{Cvoid}(10)
+    @test isempty(r)
+    @test length(r) == 0
+    @test count(i -> true, r) == 0
+    @test isempty(collect(r))
+    @test first(r) === Ptr{Cvoid}(20)
+    @test step(r) === -UInt(2)
+    @test last(r) === Ptr{Cvoid}(10)
+end